ZHAO Lantao, YUAN Yike
(Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China)

Abstract: Covered teabowl is a new form of tea utensils emerging with the development of tea drinking habits. This significant form of teaware reflects the maturity of tea service. With the elegance of those fluid lines and liberally and congenially constituted form, the modelling, apart from serving esthetic ends, meets the functional requirements of jasmine tea tasting. As for decoration, the meaningful ornamentations and bluish white glaze bring out the color of the tea infusion. And the exquisite materials are used to the benefit of smelling.This paper makes research on the impacts of the form of covered teabowl on jasmine tea tasting, with reference to the methods for designing daily ceramic forms and the unconventional scientific sensory analysis. It is a reinterpretation of the relationship between tea and covered teabowl from the interdisciplinary perspective, and away to examine the limitation of modernization by reviving traditional lifestyle.

Key words: covered teabowl; form; jasmine tea